MSP16 trip to Chicago
In October 2016 the group traveled to Chicago for a few days to visit some museums. Here are some highlights.
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MSP’ers at The Henry Ford
MSP current students (Sarah McLusky and Lauren Stamm) and alumni (Caroline Braden) work in various capacities at The Henry Ford.
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Detroit workshop April 15 – New Voices and Detroit Museums: From Midtown and Beyond.
Friday, April 15 9:30 am – 12:45 pm UM Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium Today, the city of Detroit is once again taking its place at the heart of the United States’ cultural landscape—as a center of creativity, imagination, artistic production and...
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2015 Annual Michigan Museums Association Conference
The 2015 annual Michigan Museums Association Conference was held on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Museum Studies Program assisted in coordinating this event, and many of our faculty, alumni, and students participated in a highly successful conference.
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MSP Chicago Trip, May 2015
Carla, Brad, and members of the MSP14 cohort spent a few days in Chicago touring area museums.
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Lisa Cakmak (MSP04). In December, Lisa graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis. In January, she was promoted to Associate Curator of Ancient Art at the St. Louis Museum of Art.
New book by past MSP presenter
In 2010, Nina Simon, author of The Participatory Museum, presented a lecture as part of our Reimagining Engagement series. Nina has just written The Art of Relevance which explores how mission-driven organizations can matter more to more people. The book is packed with inspiring examples, rags-to-relevance...
For new museum professionals
Students and alumni just entering the professional museum field might want to take at the National Emerging Museum Professionals website. For those in the Detroit area, think about attending the upcoming happy hour at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Details can be found...
Kudos to brand new MSP student!
Kudos to one of our new students beginning this fall… Rashun Miles recently contributed his artitstic talents to the POST-CARD series exhibit featuring Detroit artist and Heidelberg Project founder, Tyree Guyton.
It’s Museum Week!
Happy Museum Week 2017! Be sure to follow #MuseumWeek and @museumweek this week in particular for fascinating information about the world of museums. You can also check out the Museum Week website.
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Katie Raff (MSP05) served as the primary author of curatorial entries as well as general editor of the newly published scholarly catalogue, Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. It is the Institute’s most in-depth publication to date on an area...
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